Archive for the ‘Issues’ Category

Monthly newsletter of the North Suburban Republican Forum for January, 2012.

Click here to read the newsletter.

By GERALD F. SEIB

President Barack Obama, who made history in 2008 by becoming the first African-American elected president, would like to notch another historic achievement next year.

He will try to win re-election while likely saddled with a higher unemployment rate than any other president seeking a second term in 76 years.

Mr. Obama undoubtedly would prefer to forgo that distinction, but there is no escaping the harsh economic backdrop that will mark the campaign of 2012. The economic malaise sets the stage for a presidential contest that analysts in both parties expect to be very close, and a much tougher haul for the president than his election in 2008, when he became the first Democrat in 32 years to win a majority of the national vote.

A landmark education lawsuit appears headed to the Colorado Supreme Court, but it’s possible the court won’t have the final say, if justices are evenly split on the case.

How might that happen? Court observers say such a scenario is possible if Monica Marquez, one of the court’s seven justices, recuses herself because of her previous work on the case as a deputy attorney general. A recusal would create the potential for a 3-3 split on the court, and in that event, the lower court’s ruling in Lobato vs. Colorado would stand. Read the rest of this entry »

By Sara Burnett
The Denver Post
Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday shot down a State Board of Education rule requiring school districts to notify parents when a district employee is arrested or charged with certain crimes.

The party-line vote by the legislature’s Committee on Legal Services means the rule — which was opposed by the Colorado Education Association and the Colorado Association of School Boards — will effectively expire May 15.

Lawmakers said the state board did not have the authority to issue the rule, which gives school districts 24 hours to alert parents after learning that an employee has been arrested or charged with any felony or some misdemeanors. Those charges include misdemeanor sex assault, child abuse or driving under the influence if the employee’s job includes transporting children. Read the rest of this entry »

COMMON SENSE

Last night, watching Denver quarterback Tim Tebow’s post-game press appearance and President Obama’s interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes, I was struck by the fact that one man is offering his team (and the country actually) the leadership they need while the other is trapped in traditional discourse and scoring political points. Read the rest of this entry »

Our next meeting is from 9:30-11:30 am, Saturday, January 14th featuring Dr. Jill Vecchio who will discuss why ObamaCare isn’t what America needs.   She explains what ObamaCare really is and why the Democrats bribed legislators to pass the bill.  We meet at our new location, the Anythink Huron Street Library community room, 9417 Huron St, Thornton, 80260. We’ll have a continental breakfast with coffee and water so come join us and bring a friend.  $20 annual dues for 2012 will be collected along with the $3 per meeting cost.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 8, 2011

CO GOP Statement Regarding Reapportionment Briefs
Greenwood Village, CO – Colorado Republican Party Chairman Ryan Call issued the following statement today after briefs in opposition to the plan adopted by the Reapportionment Commission were filed:
“The objections to the maps submitted by the Democrat majority are simply stated: these maps are ill-intentioned, hyper-partisan and constitutionally flawed.”
“The majority plan unnecessarily splits counties and cities, ignores important communities of interest, and violates the clear standards set forth by the State Constitution and the Colorado Supreme Court. And the majority’s effort to draw ten Republican incumbents together is nothing more than an example of partisan politics and political gerrymandering at its worst.”
“I am confident that the Supreme Court will see the obvious flaws in the majority’s maps, which were pushed through the back door without public comment or the opportunity for amendments, and will order the Reapportionment Commission to adopt a fair and legal plan that protects the interests of the people of Colorado.”

###

At its Annual Meeting last Friday, the TABOR Committee reaffirmed its support for the defense against the ongoing lawsuit, Lobato v. Colorado.  The TABOR Committee has retained pro bono council to file an amicus brief making The TABOR Committee “friends of the court.”  Due to a recent ruling by the Court, filing is being held in abeyance.

 “The TABOR Committee is eager to become a part of this very important lawsuit,” declared Penn Pfiffner, a former state legislator who was re-elected Chairman of the TABOR Committee.  “The Directors voted unanimously to vigorously oppose this potentially very damaging case.  It is wrong constitutionally for the judicial branch to take over education funding, and would do great mischief to overturn the voters’ longstanding wishes to control the size of government and its rate of growth.” Read the rest of this entry »

For years, Aurora has been denied the standing that other big cities in Colorado enjoy: access to a single representative in Congress.

Tired of being overlooked every decade when a new congressional map was redrawn, Aurora hired one of Colorado’s most influential law firms to make its case.

Now, Aurora may have the same status as Denver, Colorado Springs and others.

The Denver judge hearing a case over new congressional boundaries wrote that he chose a map that Democrats submitted because it “unifies the City of Aurora, which was of the greatest concern to the Court.”

The map puts all of Aurora into the 6th Congressional District.

“It has been a long-held position of the City Council that Aurora, as one community of interest, be located in a single congressional district,” said Aurora’s new mayor, former Councilman Steve Hogan.

“We are pleased the latest version of the map reflects that.” Read the rest of this entry »